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Eastern Time, and it can be viewed live in the embedded YouTube player via ABC News. White House frustrations with the Justice Department spilled into public view last week , when Trump on Twitter criticized the legal strategy in defending his proposed travel ban. (more...)

Steele said the decision by then District Attorney Bruce Castor's office was a "failure". The jury that will determine Bill Cosby's fate called it quits without coming to a verdict late Monday, following four hours and 20 minutes of deliberations. (more...)

US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Saturday urged China to act against North Korea's nuclear programme and warned that Washington will not accept Beijing's militarization in the disputed South China Sea . The UN Security Council's Friday resolution was aimed at "putting a curb on the DPRK's buildup of nuclear forces, disarming it and causing economic suffocation to it", the spokesman said, employing an acronym for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (more...)

Protesters of Islamic law and counter-demonstrators expressing support for Muslims clashed verbally Saturday, prompting police to step between them, as dozens of anti-Shariah rallies took place around the country. Its founder, Brigitte Gabriel, has frequently spouted Islamaphobic rhetoric, saying that a practicing Muslim "cannot be a loyal citizen of the United States", and that Europe is in danger of becoming "Eurabia". (more...)

Mr. Sessions landed in hot water in March, after the Washington Post revealed he met twice previous year with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak - despite telling the Senate during his January confirmation hearing that he "did not have communications with the Russians". (more...)

One remainer on the left of the party was teary-eyed as they expressed their renewed support for the prime minister, while a hardline Brexiteer agreed, describing her as "very, very humble" and saying "she has bought herself time". The Conservatives are now trying to secure the support of Northern Ireland's 10 Democratic Unionist Party lawmakers to assure passage of May's program. (more...)

Speaking before the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee last week , head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. James Syring, declined to say that that the U.S.is "comfortably ahead" of the threat posed by North Korea's missile program, but said the U.S.is addressing the threat known today. (more...)

The bill, sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas, ) passed on a near party-line vote. Because of Dodd-Frank's excessive regulations, Americans have been burdened with higher costs and more paperwork. (more...)

By 3 p.m., May had found her solution. It is not yet clear how closely May will work with the DUP . "People in Northern Ireland know that the DUP is the party of choice for many". The DUP has stalled all progress on equal marriage in Northern Ireland, and previously supported the introduction of a "conscience clause" to protect people who discriminate against LGBT people. (more...)

While the Conservatives are still the largest party in Parliament , they did not win enough seats for an outright majority, leading to a hung parliament . SIMON: Well, do you infer, Roula, in a half a minute we have left, that the results of these elections in any way indicate that a number of Britons regret the vote on Brexit that was called awhile ago? "And from everything I have heard from Britain today, they will respect their negotiations calendar". (more...)

He also said that new sanctions would be enshrined in a law limiting President Donald Trump's ability to lift them. Senior senators in both parties on Monday night reached a bipartisan deal to add new sanctions on Russian Federation and allow Congress to disapprove of any attempt by President Donald Trump to ease penalties on Moscow , the most significant Republican-backed constraint on the White House so far this year. (more...)

Senators want to get Sessions' take on all this. He will be asked about meetings with the Russians and if the president tried to influence the investigation. However, in his testimony , Mr. Comey suggested that by February 14 "career people were recommending that he [the Attorney General] recuse himself", and Mr. (more...)

The chaos has also weighed on the pound, which has plunged nearly two per cent since Thursday, and the government may have to delay the announcement of its policy plans to parliament. At the meeting with lawmakers in Parliament, May recognised that a broader consensus needed to be built for Brexit and made clear that she would listen to all wings of the party on the issue. (more...)

Manchester City defender John Stones is set to be handed an alternative role by Gareth Southgate in their friendly match over France. Kane, who was handed the captaincy for the first time by Gareth Southgate , proved to be the hero for England but might have scored with the best chance of the first half when his lob was cleared off the line with Scotland keeper Craig Gordon beaten. (more...)

Just days after Trump's inauguration in January, the government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of NY. Frosh and Racine listed attorneys for CREW as co-counsel in the suit filed Monday. The Maryland Attorney General's office didn't immediately return CNBC's emailed request for comment, which was sent outside of office hours. (more...)

About 800 people are thought to have been affected by the outbreak, at UNHCR's Hasansham U2 refugee camp , east of Mosul . Irbil Gov. Nawzad Hadi said the food was prepared in an Irbil restaurant by a local NGO, Ain el Muhtajeen, and funded by a Qatari charity known as RAF. (more...)

The former nationalist leader, who was first elected as an MP 30 years ago in 1987, was defeated by Tory Colin Clark, who said in his victory speech: "The silent majority have spoken". Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson were among the high-profile nationalists ousted from Westminster. "The SNP vote is crumbling in their heartlands.it's a very bad night for the SNP", she said. (more...)

The president's public statements were the first since Comey testified Thursday, accusing Trump of asking him to "let go" of the FBI's Michael Flynn investigation and lift the "cloud" of the Russian Federation investigation. "One hundred percent", Trump said when asked about his willingness to deliver sworn testimony. "Who would ask a man to pledge allegiance under oath?" He insisted he was not "hinting anything", before adding: "Oh, you're going to be very disappointed when ... (more...)

LCD Soundsystem clearly feel the same way, and have issued a statement saying that they "certainly aren't announcing shit". (The band's 2007 sophomore album, "Sound of Silver", already got a deluxe 10th anniversary re-release earlier this year.) It was all a little puzzling, given that there was no official press release from Rhino - at least not received by Variety . (more...)